GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prattle | prate |
| solicit | to make petition to : entreat |
| plaster | a medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance |
| cerebration | to use the mind : think |
| clarion | a medieval trumpet with clear shrill tones |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| steadfast | firmly fixed in place : immovable |
| attribute | a quality, character, or characteristic ascribed to someone or something |
| comity | friendly social atmosphere : social harmony |
| tempestuous | of, relating to, or resembling a tempest : turbulent |